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Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Rüdesheim am Rhein

Hindenburg Bridge Ruins

Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Rüdesheim am Rhein

Hindenburg Bridge Ruins

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Hindenburg Bridge Ruins

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Location: Rüdesheim am Rhein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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3. View of the Inselrhein – Rhine Cycle Path near Geisenheim loop from Eltville

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Willigipfel

February 17, 2020

The Hintenburg Bridge was a double-track railway bridge over the Rhine. It was inaugurated on August 16, 1915 after two years of construction.

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Franzl

September 22, 2020

An impressive building in preparation for war
The Hindenburg Bridge - like the Ludendorff Bridge near Remagen and the Kronprinzenbrücke near Neuwied-Engers - was built for purely military reasons from 1913 to 1915 to enable soldiers and military equipment to be transported to the western front during the First World War. The railway bridge established a connection between the Rhine routes via the strategic railways in the Nahe and Glan valleys to Saarbrücken.
At 1175 meters, the bridge was extraordinarily long. In the foreland it consisted of the vaulted bridges, some of which are still preserved today, and in the river area it consisted of a 741-meter-long steel bridge that rested on eight basalt pillars.
During the Second World War, there were several air raids on the structure. However, pioneers of the Wehrmacht finally destroyed the Hindenburg Bridge in March 1945 to hinder the advance of the American armed forces. Reconstruction has been discussed several times, but has not yet been implemented.

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Willigipfel

February 17, 2020

On March 15th, 1945 it was insanely destroyed by the German Wehrmacht to stop the American troops.

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Location: Rüdesheim am Rhein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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